RE: Sorting (RE: [idn] draft-ietf-idn-requirements-04.txt (revised copy))

[Karlsson Kent - keka <keka@im.se>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harald Alvestrand [mailto:Harald@Alvestrand.no]
...
> At 13:12 06/10/2000 +0200, Karlsson Kent - keka wrote:
> >For a friendly "administrator UI", a list of IDNs should be sorted
> >in what is called "a culturally correct way" (which is locale
> >dependent, locale chosen by the administrator for him/her-self).
> >The same may hold for fuzzy searches done by administrators
> >or users that are looking for names.
> 
> Neither function is supported by the DNS protocol.
> Thus, it is a matter of great concern for the writers of user 
> interfaces, 
> but not a proper subject for standardization here.

Nobody has suggested this for standadisation regading
the IDN/DNS protocol(s).  The suggestion was to add a
"Note" (side remark) about it in the requirements document.

		/Kent Karlsson